Needed...

Please collect caps to your milk jugs and 2-liter pop bottles. I need them for a spelling activity that I want to set up for center time. Thanks!!

XOXO
Mrs. Cutler

Picture Day!!!

Pictures will be taken Friday, September 28,2012.

Yay! You made it through the first week of school! Congratulations!

We had a wonderful first day back!!! Lots of going over procedures and lots of practice of those procedures! Can't wait to see you tomorrow!

First Day of School~Monday, August 13,2012

We are looking forward to seeing you!!

We hope you had a wonderful summer!

Welcome Back!

Editing with CUPS ` week 14

I love the way the tech class has worked hand in hand with my TIPS training. I don't think it was actually meant to do that, but it did! One way that the students in my class are able to evaluate there work is by using a technique called editing with CUPS. Editing with CUPS is a technique that I was introduced to in TIPS. Yeah TIPS! After finishing a writing assignment my students edit their work using the acrostic CUPS ~ Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, and Spelling.  Students use a different colored marker for each part.

 

CUPS Revise/Edit Checklist

Name _______________________________    Date _____________________ 

Title ___________________________________________________________

Read your piece carefully. 

Use the designated colored marker to make all corrections.

C...Capitalization

         ~first word in a sentence

         ~proper nouns

U…Understanding

         ~makes sense

         ~beginning, middle, ending

         ~interesting detail

        ~indent where needed

P…Punctuation

      ~periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, 
            quotation marks

S…Spelling

      ~check Quick Word Dictionary, Word Wall, regular dictionary

I peer conferenced with ___________________________ and revised my work.

I met with a teacher for a final conference.

          ~Teacher ________________________________________

          ~Date ___________________________________________

App Showcase ~ Week 10

The following are some apps that I thought were kind of neat. eMagnifer is a magnifying glass app that  would be great for using in a science lesson. The app allows you to magnify objects up to 8x and then photograph them. The images can then be saved, tweeted, or shared on facebook. Grade Level: preschool - High School  Cost: Free

The next app is Fun Letters Cursive Writing. This app would be great for students that are just learning to write in cursive or students that are struggling with cursive writing and need additional practice.  It allows allows students to practice matching the cursive letter with a picture. Grade Level: 3-5  COST: Free